Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Top 3 Widest Spoken Languages

Top 3.Hindustani

Number of speakers: 497 million

Hindustani is the primary language of India’s
crowded population, and it encompasses a huge number of dialects (of which the
most commonly spoken is Hindi). While many predict that the population of India
will soon surpass that of China, the prominence of English in India prevents
Hindustani from surpassing the most popular language in the world. If you’re
interested in learning a little Hindi, there’s a very easy way: rent an Indian
movie. The film industry in India is the most prolific in the world, making
thousands of action/romance/musicals every year.

Top 2.English

Number of speakers: 508 million

While English doesn’t have the most speakers,
it is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its
speakers hail from all around the world, including New Zealand, the U.S.,
Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and
Canada. We’d tell you more about English, but you probably feel pretty
comfortable with the language already. Let’s just move on to the most popular
language in the world.

Top 1.Mandarin

Number of speakers: 1 billion+

Surprise, surprise, the most widely spoken
language on the planet is based in the most populated country on the planet.
Beating second-place English by a 2 to 1 ratio, but don’t let that lull you
into thinking that Mandarin is easy to learn. Speaking Mandarin can be really
tough, because each word can be pronounced in four ways (or “tones”), and a
beginner will invariably have trouble distinguishing one tone from another. But
if over a billion people could do it, so could you. Try saying hello!

Malay-Indonesian is spoken – surprise – in
Malaysia and Indonesia. Actually, we kinda fudged the numbers on this one
because there are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian.
But they’re all pretty much based on the same root language, which makes it the
ninth most-spoken in the world.

Indonesia is a fascinating place; a nation
made up of over 13,000 islands it is the sixth most populated country in the
world. Malaysia borders on two of the larger parts of Indonesia (including the
island of Borneo), and is mostly known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur.